Trends in clothing have been through many changes
throughout recent years. Nowadays, people are willing to wear anything to
keep up with what’s “in”.
This new trend started developing within the past
seven years when guys began to wear skinny jeans, 59/50 hats, band shirts, Vans
slippers and flannel shirts. These new threads bring up a new category in the
fashion sense that is typically labeled as the “post-hardcore genre”.
Bands such as August Burns Red, Dance Gavin
Dance, A Day to Remember, We Came As Romans and many others show their support
to the new looks.
Lead singer of Dance Gavin Dance, Jonny Craig, is
always rocking a new hat with the tightest jeans possible.
If you’ve never witnessed someone of this nature,
there are a couple of objects that you should be able to find when seeing a
post-hardcore outfit. The person is typically wearing a 59/50 hat (the team
usually being Detroit); some sort of band or skateboarding t-shirt, in the
winter months it would more than likely be a nice flannel, as well as a fresh
pair of slipper shoes or any other type of skateboarding shoes.
This genre isn’t always about what you wear; it
is also about what you are willing to do to your own body. Gauges in the ears
are very common to find on most true hardcore kids (earrings that widen your
earlobes).
The last element to finishing off your hardcore
outfit is a pair of skinny jeans. While many argue that they look ridiculous,
others believe that it’s a lot easier to move around and slam-dance at shows. Skinny jeans aren’t the main element to the
outfit, but it will make you stand out a lot more. Typically people won’t mess
with you at shows because if you can fit into the pants, you can usually fight
pretty well also.
